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Is it worth it to buy more expensive digital optical audio cables instead of generic ones?


Cables arguably do make a difference. IMO, the largest difference will be when you're going from the cheapest cables to more expensive aftermarket cables with gold plated connectors. Then, you basically go up in price 10-fold to get twice the sound and video quality performance. Worth it if you are a die-hard audio/videophile, but not necessary if you just want good sound on a tight budget.

As you might expect, the higher quality your home theater is, the more you will benefit from higher quality cabling (i.e. your system is only as good as the weakest component in a basic sense).

An excellent value in the high-end cable market is from DH Labs (Silver Sonic). Much better performance than the well-known Monster Cable for about the same price. DH Labs has been known by audiophiles as a sleeper underground cable company for at least 10 years and have received rave reviews from professional reviewers (Soundstage.com) as well as private owners (Audioreview.com).

Rule of thumb... unless you're a die-hard for the best performance, just make sure you get cables with gold plated connectors and you should be fine.

Also, you might consider 75 Ohm digital coaxial SP/DIF cable as a formidable alternative to the Toslink optical digital audio cable if you have these connections available.
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Very unlikely unless they are really cheap. I used cheap ones in my home theater and they are fine.

Try to isolate the source selector out. On the device that's having the problem, connect it directly without the source selector and use it for a while. Does the problem still occur? Was it happening before?


hell yes, do u want u want good quality sound?
ordinary cables r clear, but quality cables r crystal clear.
i noticed the difference.

good luck with ur choosing pal

Will an optical cable switcher degrade sound quality?


Optical is a digital connection mechanism, so it will either work or it won't.

That said, the poorer the components and the smaller the connection (e.g. miniplugs) the greater the chance for loss or blockage of the light.

For the price it's a good deal ... and it may work just fine ..., but personally I'd get a version without the miniplugs (I don't see any advantage). Amazon has them (see link), and a more direct optical path. More expensive though. The 2nd link is to a forum thread saying it works fine.

If you want a more flexible switch see the component video/optical audio switch ... with remote control from TigerDirect ($47) -- 3rd link.